Zaburi 124

1 “Kama Yahwe asingekuwa upande wetu,” Israeli na aseme sasa,

A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;

2 “Kama asingekuwa Yahwe ambaye alikuwa upande wetu wakati watu walipoinuka dhidi yetu,

'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us,

3 basi wangekuwa wametumeza tungali hai hasira yao lipozidi dhidi yetu.

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;

4 Maji yangetugharikisha; mto ungetuzidia.

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

5 Kisha maji yafurikayo yangetuzamisha.”

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

6 Atukuzwe Yahwe, ambaye hajaruhusu tuwe mawindo kwa meno yao.

Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7 Tumetoroka kama ndege mtegoni mwa wawindaji; mtego umevunjika, nasi tumetoroka.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8 Msaada wetu uko katika Yahwe, aliyeziumba mbingu na nchi.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.